Cobalt/zinc oxide hollow spheres: Visible light nanophotocatalysts

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 2299-2305

  Mohamed, Reda M ^a   McKinney, David ^b   Kadi, Mohammad W ^a   Mkhalid, Ibraheem A ^a   Sigmund, Wolfgang ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MM Virtuoso Inc   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt zinc oxide; Dyes; Hollow spheres; Nanostructures; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CATALYSIS; COBALT; COBALT DEPOSITS; DYES; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEWAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; SPHERES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HOLLOW SPHERE; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; SURFACE AND GROUND WATERS; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

LIGHT;

EID: 84955210599     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.10.024     Document Type: Article

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